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Visitors to the Primate Panorama at the Denver Zoo are likely to encounter Kanani, a baby De Brazza’s monkey finding her way in a new playground.
Kanani was born Dec. 19 to mom Marinda and dad Kisoro. Marinda was born in captivity in Fort Wayne, Ind., and came to Denver from North Carolina in 2009 to be paired with Kisoro, who was rescued in 2006 from the bushmeat trade in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
No one knows how many De Brazza’s monkeys live in the wild, the zoo said in a news release. The animals “are excellent at hiding and can freeze in place for several hours,” eluding detection.
A fully grown male weighs 15 pounds, and a female about half that.
They are named for Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, a French explorer. The Denver Post
